检察官称李伪造文件、夸大收入以获取100万美元住房贷款，随后辞去公职
2026年9月30日 美国东部时间12:48 / 福克斯新闻
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犹他州共和党州众议员特雷弗·李多年来一直抨击欺诈行为，如今却因自身被控欺诈而辞职。
犹他州总检察长办公室周一对李提起刑事诉讼，指控他为获取住房贷款而伪造文件、实施欺诈。在被指控之前，李曾推动旨在打击失业救济欺诈的立法，并公开赞扬了揭露近年来撼动明尼苏达州的大规模欺诈丑闻的相关行动。
根据起诉书，在检察官获取的一段视频中，犹他州一家水务公司的CEO“表示，李曾要求预支总计9.3万美元现金，以证明其收入有所增加，从而帮助他购房，李还称将通过帮助（该CEO的）公司获得希尔空军基地的政府合同，让（他的公司）‘全额收回成本’”。
摇摆州的欺诈清算引发明尼苏达州式警报，疯狂骗局被曝光
2026年1月18日，旗帜飘扬在盐湖城的犹他州议会大厦。（悉尼·谢弗/美联社）
另一家公司声称，李不当使用该公司出具的录用函，使其收入看起来比实际更高。
“李设计了一套骗局，通过虚假手段获得100万美元的住房贷款。为实施该骗局，他在抵押贷款流程中向Kind Lending银行提交了欺诈性文件——一份伪造的Enevive雇佣合同、一份夸大其在Enevive收入的贷款申请表，以及一份他明知会虚假陈述其雇佣情况的Blue Logic录用函，”检察官写道。
前犹他州众议员特雷弗·李的官方头像。（犹他州众议院/UTleg.gov）
调查人员表示，李在一次采访中承认，他亲自伪造了Enevive首席执行官的签名，将雇佣合同用于贷款申请，并且明知该录用函并未反映该公司实际能够支付给他的薪资水平。
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YouTube博主、独立记者尼克·雪莉于1月21日就明尼苏达州欺诈丑闻在国会作证。（OutKick / 路透社）
李的社交媒体动态中充满了对尼克·雪莉的正面评价。雪莉因发布视频指控明尼苏达州由索马里人运营的托儿中心及其他公共资助项目存在欺诈行为而受到全国关注。
“尼克将单枪匹马阻止加文·纽森入主白宫，”李在一条帖子中写道。在另一条帖子中，雪莉因在犹他州议会大厦拍摄被收取费用后，李主动提出为其提供帮助。
“继续干得好，尼克，”李在7月11日发布的针对这位YouTube博主的最新帖子中写道。
除了对雪莉的赞扬之外，李还在2023年和2024年提出了旨在打击失业救济欺诈的多项立法提案。
胆大妄为的社交媒体欺诈闹剧造成严重破坏，特朗普政府官员向“欺诈网红”发出严厉警告
2025年9月11日，游客参观盐湖城的犹他州议会大厦。（泰丰·科斯昆/安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
李在指控提起后不久便辞去了议会职务。
“由于需要处理个人事务，我不再认为自己能够为选民提供他们应得的时间、关注和服务，”他说道。“我将永远感激我结识的人们、建立的关系，以及我为犹他州人民服务的机会。”
即便没有欺诈指控，李的议会任期也即将结束——他在6月的共和党初选中落败。
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GOP lawmaker’s fraud crusade takes dramatic turn as scandal engulfs his own career
Prosecutors say Lee forged documents and overstated his income to obtain a $1M home loan, then resigned from office
September 30, 2026 12:48pm EDT / Fox News
By Robert Schmad, Fox News
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After spending years railing against fraud, Utah Republican state Rep. Trevor Lee has resigned after being charged with fraud himself.
The Utah Attorney General’s Office filed criminal charges against Lee on Monday, accusing him of forging documents and engaging in fraud in order to obtain a home loan. Prior to the charges, Lee had pushed legislation aimed at combating unemployment fraud and publicly praised efforts to expose the sweeping fraud scandals that have rocked Minnesota in recent years.
In one video obtained by prosecutors, the CEO of a Utah water company “stated that Lee had requested cash advances totaling $93,000 to show increased income to assist in purchasing his home, and that Lee said he would make (the CEO) ‘whole’ by securing (his) company a government contract with Hill Air Force Base,” according to the charging document.
SWING-STATE’S FRAUD RECKONING RAISES MINNESOTA-STYLE ALARM AS WILD SCHEMES EXPOSED
Flags fly at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Jan. 18, 2026.(Sydney Schaefer/AP)
Another company claimed that Lee improperly used an offer letter from them to make it seem as if his income was higher than it was.
“Lee devised a scheme to obtain a $1 million home loan by false pretenses. To execute it, he communicated fraudulent documents to Kind Lending through the mortgage process — a forged Enevive employment contract, a loan application overstating his Enevive income, and a Blue Logic offer letter he knew misrepresented his employment,” prosecutors wrote.
Former Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee in his official headshot.(Utah House/UTleg.gov)
Investigators say Lee admitted during an interview that he personally forged the Enevive CEO’s signature on the employment contract to obtain the loan and knew the offer letter did not reflect income the company could actually pay him.
EXCLUSIVE: NICK SHIRLEY FIRES BACK AT MINNESOTA CRITICS: ‘NUMBERS DON’T LIE, AND CONVICTIONS DON’T LIE’
Nick Shirley, YouTuber and independent journalist, testified before Congress Jan. 21 over Minnesota fraud scandal.(OutKick / Reuters)
Lee’s social media feed is full of positive references to Nick Shirley, a content creator who attracted national attention after releasing videos alleging fraud involving Somali-run childcare centers and other publicly funded programs in Minnesota.
“Nick is going to stop a Gavin Newsom presidency single handily (sic.),” Lee said in one post. In another post, Lee offered Shirley assistance after he was charged a fee for filming at the Utah state capital building.
“Keep up the good work Nick,” Lee said in his most recent post directed at the YouTuber, dated July 11.
In addition to the praise of Shirley, Lee also introduced pieces of legislation designed to crack down on unemployment assistance fraud in 2023 and 2024.
BRAZEN SOCIAL MEDIA FRAUD SCHEMES WREAK HAVOC AS TRUMP OFFICIAL ISSUES STARK WARNING FOR ‘FRAUDFLUENCERS’
Tourists visit the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sept. 11, 2025.(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Lee resigned from the legislature shortly after the charges were filed.
“Due to personal circumstances that require my attention, I no longer feel I can give my constituents the time, attention and service they deserve,” he said. “I will always be grateful for the people I have met, the relationships I have built and the opportunity I have had to serve the people of Utah.”
Even if the fraud charges hadn’t come, Lee’s time in the legislature was approaching an end as he had lost his GOP primary election in June.
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Lee did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
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